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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office History for Based on Book/Short Story Movies

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Released    Movie Name    1st Weekend    US Gross    Worldwide Gross    Budget   
2/8/1915 The Birth of a Nation - $10,000,000 $11,000,000 $110,000
12/24/1916 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - $8,000,000 - $200,000
12/30/1925 Ben-Hur - $9,000,000 - $3,900,000
3/6/1927 Metropolis $19,386 $650,422 - -
4/21/1930 All Quiet on the Western Front - - - -
3/9/1933 42nd Street - $2,300,000 - $439,000
1/1/1939 The Wizard of Oz - $26,152,232 - $2,777,000
12/15/1939 Gone with the Wind $945,000 $198,680,470 $390,525,192 $3,900,000
1/1/1940 Rebecca - $6,000,000 - $1,288,000
2/9/1940 Pinocchio - $84,300,000 - -
10/28/1941 How Green Was My Valley - - - $1,250,000
8/13/1942 Bambi - $102,797,000 $268,000,000 -
11/25/1942 Gentleman Jim - - - -
1/1/1946 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest - $3,000,000 - -
11/12/1946 Song of the South - $65,000,000 - -
11/21/1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - $23,600,000 - $2,100,000
4/20/1948 Arch of Triumph - $1,400,000 - -
10/20/1948 The Three Musketeers - $8,000,000 - -
2/13/1949 It Always Rains on Sunday - $7,176 - -
9/3/1949 The Third Man $13,576 $596,349 - -
10/5/1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad - - - -
12/12/1949 The Bicycle Thief - $332,930 - -
1/1/1950 All About Eve $10,177 $8,400,000 - -
5/17/1950 Annie Get Your Gun - $8,000,000 - $3,768,785
1/1/1951 The African Queen - $10,750,000 - -
1/1/1951 Across the Wide Missouri - $5,500,000 - -
1/1/1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. - $6,000,000 - -
7/28/1951 Alice in Wonderland - - - $3,000,000
2/5/1953 Peter Pan $957,256 $87,400,000 - $4,000,000
6/13/1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - $5,000,000 - $210,000
1/1/1954 Apache - $6,000,000 - -
6/24/1954 The Caine Mutiny - $21,800,000 - -
9/1/1954 Rear Window - $27,559,601 - -
12/23/1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - $28,200,000 - $5,000,000
6/22/1955 Lady and the Tramp - $93,600,000 - -
10/17/1956 Around the World in 80 Days - $42,000,000 - $6,000,000
8/3/1957 Band of Angels - - - -
12/18/1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - $33,300,000 - $3,000,000
1/1/1958 The Big Country - $10,000,000 - -
1/1/1958 The Bravados - $4,400,000 - -
1/1/1958 Auntie Mame - $23,300,000 - -
5/9/1958 Vertigo - $3,200,000 - -
11/18/1959 Ben-Hur - $73,000,000 - $15,000,000
3/10/1960 Purple Noon $34,633 $618,090 - -
3/31/1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies - $11,100,000 - -
10/7/1960 Spartacus - $30,000,000 $60,000,000 $12,000,000
1/25/1961 101 Dalmatians - $153,000,000 - -
6/10/1961 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud - $263,404 - -
10/5/1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's - $9,551,904 - -
3/7/1962 L'Année Dernière à Marienbad - $139,112 - -
5/17/1962 Bon Voyage! - $9,230,769 - -
12/16/1962 Lawrence of Arabia - $37,495,385 $69,995,385 $15,000,000
3/28/1963 The Birds - $11,403,529 - -
5/8/1963 Dr. No - $16,067,035 $59,567,035 $1,000,000
9/23/1963 Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux - $20,137 - -
12/12/1963 The Cardinal - $11,170,588 - -
12/16/1963 Billy Liar $10,785 $35,609 - -
12/25/1963 The Sword in the Stone - $22,182,353 - -
4/9/1964 The Carpetbaggers - $28,409,547 - -
12/18/1964 Le Mépris $33,284 $528,428 - -
1/1/1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy - $8,000,000 - -
2/15/1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told - $15,473,333 - $20,000,000
4/1/1965 The Sound of Music - $163,214,286 - $8,200,000
4/7/1965 Major Dundee - $14,873 - $3,800,000
6/24/1965 Cat Ballou - $20,666,667 - -
10/15/1965 The Cincinnati Kid - - - -
12/22/1965 Doctor Zhivago - $111,721,000 - $11,000,000
3/15/1966 Bande à part $28,656 $182,857 - -
6/21/1966 The Blue Max - $16,151,612 - -
9/19/1966 Masculine Feminine - $200,087 - -
9/28/1966 The Bible - $34,900,023 - -
4/28/1967 Casino Royale - $22,744,718 $41,744,718 $12,000,000
6/15/1967 The Dirty Dozen - $45,300,000 - -
10/18/1967 The Jungle Book - $141,843,000 - -
10/25/1967 Camelot - $31,102,578 - -
1/1/1968 The Ambushers - $10,000,000 - -
2/8/1968 Blackbeard's Ghost - $21,540,050 - -
4/10/1968 Belle de Jour - $4,030,203 - -
10/16/1968 The Boston Strangler - $17,810,894 - -
10/17/1968 Bullitt - $42,300,873 - -
12/17/1968 Candy - $16,408,286 - -
3/12/1969 Where Eagles Dare - $7,100,000 - -
8/20/1969 Alice's Restaurant - $6,300,000 - -
11/18/1969 The Arrangement - - - -
1/1/1970 Airport - $100,489,150 - -
3/12/1970 Mouchette - - - -
6/24/1970 Catch-22 - $24,911,670 - $18,000,000
1/1/1971 The Andromeda Strain - $12,376,563 - -
1/1/1971 The Beguiled - $1,100,000 - -
6/24/1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller - $8,200,000 - -
10/7/1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks - $17,871,174 - -
1/1/1972 Across 110th Street - $10,000,000 - -
2/12/1972 Cabaret - $41,326,446 - -
8/11/1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know - $18,016,290 - $2,000,000
12/16/1973 Papillon - $53,267,000 - -
12/26/1973 The Exorcist - $204,632,868 $402,500,000 $12,000,000
7/1/1974 Death Wish - $22,000,000 - -
1/1/1975 Barry Lyndon - $20,000,000 - $11,000,000
1/1/1975 The Eiger Sanction - $14,200,000 - -
1/1/1975 Breakout - $16,000,000 - -
4/1/1975 Death Race 2000 - - - $300,000
6/20/1975 Jaws $7,790,627 $260,000,000 $470,700,000 $12,000,000
7/1/1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang - $31,916,500 - -
11/19/1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $99,761 $108,981,275 - $4,400,000
1/1/1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales - $27,000,000 - -
4/2/1976 All the President's Men - $51,048,435 - -
11/16/1976 Carrie - $25,878,153 - $1,800,000
1/1/1977 Bobby Deerfield - $9,300,000 - -
1/21/1977 Freaky Friday - $25,942,000 - -
6/15/1977 A Bridge Too Far - $50,800,000 - $26,000,000
6/17/1977 The Deep $6,835,540 $50,681,884 - -
6/22/1977 The Rescuers - $48,775,599 - -
10/2/1977 Julia - - - -
10/7/1977 Oh, God! $1,900,000 $51,061,196 - -
10/19/1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar $1,540,635 $16,900,000 - -
12/16/1977 Saturday Night Fever $3,878,099 $139,486,124 $282,400,000 -
1/1/1978 The Buddy Holly Story - $14,363,400 - -
1/1/1978 Caravans - $1,000,000 - $14,000,000
1/1/1978 Beyond and Back - $23,800,000 - -
1/1/1978 The Boys from Brazil - $19,000,000 - $12,000,000
1/1/1978 The Big Fix - $12,000,000 - -
1/1/1978 The Brink's Job - $9,400,000 - -
2/10/1978 The Betsy $2,425,377 $17,700,000 - -
11/15/1978 The Lord of the Rings $626,649 $27,000,000 - -
12/22/1978 Brass Target $354,797 $354,797 - -
12/22/1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $1,298,129 $24,946,533 - -
1/1/1979 The Bermuda Triangle - $22,200,000 - -
2/2/1979 The First Great Train Robbery $391,942 $391,942 - $6,000,000
2/9/1979 The Warriors $3,529,675 $22,490,000 - -
3/9/1979 The Passage $70,461 $70,461 - -
4/27/1979 A Little Romance - - - -
5/2/1979 Last Embrace $376,896 $381,119 - -
5/25/1979 The Prisoner of Zenda $2,425,315 $7,000,000 - $12,500,000
6/22/1979 Escape from Alcatraz - $36,500,000 - -
7/27/1979 The Amityville Horror $7,843,467 $86,432,520 - -
8/15/1979 Apocalypse Now $118,558 $78,800,000 - $31,500,000
10/26/1979 The Great Santini $83,527 $7,000,000 - -
12/19/1979 Kramer vs. Kramer - $106,260,000 - -
12/19/1979 Being There - $30,177,511 - -
1/1/1980 The Black Marble - $2,500,000 - -
2/8/1980 Just Tell Me What You Want $197,230 $2,086,905 - -
3/21/1980 Hide in Plain Sight $810,109 $3,806,930 - -
3/28/1980 When Time Ran Out... $1,400,994 $3,763,988 - -
4/18/1980 North Sea Hijack $805,511 $2,993,772 - -
5/23/1980 The Shining $622,337 $44,017,374 - $19,000,000
6/13/1980 The Island $3,123,267 $15,716,828 - $100,000,000
6/20/1980 Brubaker $2,748,079 $37,121,708 - -
6/20/1980 The Blue Lagoon - $47,923,795 - -
8/8/1980 Why Would I Lie? $52,473 $52,473 - -
8/8/1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu $2,399,109 $10,697,276 - -
9/19/1980 Ordinary People $170,335 $52,302,978 - $6,000,000
10/3/1980 Somewhere in Time $1,203,011 $9,709,597 - $5,100,000
10/31/1980 The Awakening $2,728,520 $8,415,112 - -
12/19/1980 The Formula $842,985 $8,894,289 - -
12/25/1980 Altered States $174,650 $19,853,892 - -
1/30/1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman $4,279,264 $20,259,000 - -
2/11/1981 Sphinx $439,564 $2,000,000 $11,400,000 $10,000,000
4/10/1981 Excalibur $4,519,706 $34,200,000 - -
4/24/1981 The Hand $566,736 $2,000,000 - -
4/24/1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches $115,679 $115,679 - -
4/24/1981 Beyond the Reef - $547,525 - -
7/10/1981 The Fox and the Hound - $43,899,231 - -
7/17/1981 Endless Love $4,162,921 $33,000,000 - -
7/24/1981 Wolfen $3,037,911 $11,000,000 - -
7/24/1981 Eye of the Needle $1,832,928 $17,583,000 - -
7/24/1981 Tarzan, The Ape Man $6,700,809 $36,565,000 - -
7/24/1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade - $10,000,000 - -
8/19/1981 Prince of the City $64,713 $9,000,000 - -
9/18/1981 Mommie Dearest $905,920 $19,032,000 $25,032,000 $5,000,000
9/18/1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman $124,110 $22,600,000 - -
10/23/1981 Das boot ist voll - $1,016 - -
10/23/1981 Silence of the North $344,837 $344,837 - -
11/13/1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper $1,124,671 $2,104,164 - $12,000,000
11/20/1981 Ragtime $151,351 $17,468,158 - -
12/4/1981 Reds $2,411,083 $50,000,000 - $33,500,000
12/9/1981 Taps $93,005 $35,856,053 - $14,000,000
12/18/1981 Sharky's Machine $3,022,041 $32,984,898 - -
12/18/1981 Ghost Story $2,105,729 $16,202,210 - -
12/18/1981 Neighbors $6,481,386 $29,916,207 - -
1/29/1982 Venom $2,037,520 $4,117,958 - -
2/10/1982 Boot, Das $26,994 $11,487,676 $84,970,337 $12,000,000
2/12/1982 Cannery Row $1,500,000 $2,638,311 - -
2/12/1982 The Beast Within $1,250,000 $4,000,000 - -
2/12/1982 La Guerre du feu - $20,959,585 - $12,500,000
2/12/1982 Missing - $16,000,000 - -
2/12/1982 The Amateur - $2,358,271 - -
3/5/1982 Evil Under the Sun $1,690,774 $4,659,287 - -
3/26/1982 Diva - $108,372 - -
4/2/1982 Some Kind of Hero $5,631,293 $20,400,486 - -
4/16/1982 Wrong is Right - $3,600,000 - -
4/23/1982 If You Could See What I Hear $2,408,000 $8,693,512 - -
5/14/1982 Conan the Barbarian $9,479,373 $38,264,085 - $20,000,000
5/28/1982 The Escape Artist $23,323 $23,323 - -
6/18/1982 Firefox $8,152,948 $45,785,720 - $21,000,000
6/25/1982 Blade Runner $6,150,002 $32,656,328 $33,139,618 $28,000,000
7/2/1982 The Secret of Nimh $386,530 $10,140,325 - -
7/23/1982 The World According to Garp $2,902,088 $30,207,324 - -
8/13/1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High $2,545,674 $27,092,880 - $4,500,000
8/20/1982 The Beastmaster $2,955,641 $10,751,126 - $5,000,000
8/27/1982 Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again $115,797 $3,707,583 - -
9/3/1982 The Incubus - $13,110,874 - -
9/17/1982 Hammett $8,222 $8,222 - -
9/24/1982 Yes, Giorgio - $1,368,588 - -
10/1/1982 Sorceress $1,358,792 $1,358,792 - -
10/1/1982 I, The Jury $188,664 $1,515,578 - -
10/22/1982 First Blood $6,642,005 $47,212,904 $125,212,904 $14,000,000
10/22/1982 Monsignor $3,631,834 $12,408,066 - -
11/10/1982 Creepshow $5,870,889 $20,036,244 - -
11/19/1982 Tex $518,795 $7,000,536 - -
11/19/1982 Heidi's Song $1,416,713 $4,269,402 - -
11/19/1982 The Last Unicorn $2,250,000 $6,455,330 - -
12/8/1982 The Verdict $100,982 $53,977,250 - -
12/10/1982 Sophie's Choice $202,131 $25,215,547 - -
12/10/1982 The Toy $6,322,804 $47,118,057 - -
12/15/1982 Honkytonk Man $667,727 $3,695,409 - -
12/17/1982 Six Weeks $978,541 $6,668,025 - -
12/22/1982 Kiss Me Goodbye $1,345,672 $15,782,759 - -
1/21/1983 The Year of Living Dangerously $35,000 $8,601,065 - -
2/4/1983 The Entity $3,685,654 $13,277,558 - -
2/4/1983 Without a Trace $1,609,448 $9,632,062 - -
2/18/1983 The Lords of Discipline $3,011,932 $11,721,041 - -
3/18/1983 High Road to China $6,156,049 $28,416,459 - -
3/25/1983 Eddie Macon's Run $568,198 $1,300,000 - -
3/25/1983 The Outsiders $5,068,165 $25,697,647 - $10,000,000
4/1/1983 Man, Woman and Child $802,702 $2,300,000 - -
4/22/1983 La traviata $33,977 $3,594,000 - -
4/29/1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes $2,423,555 $5,656,087 - -
6/3/1983 Le retour de Martin Guerre - $2,522,881 - -
7/1/1983 Stroker Ace $4,668,135 $13,000,000 - -
7/15/1983 Puberty Blues $7,381 $237,000 - -
8/12/1983 Cujo $6,114,899 $21,156,152 - -
8/19/1983 Yor: Hunter From the Future $2,810,199 $2,810,199 - -
8/19/1983 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez $15,477 $909,000 - $1,305,000
8/19/1983 The Golden Seal $427,804 $6,609,870 - -
8/26/1983 Daniel $27,859 $484,068 - -
8/26/1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence $99,221 $2,306,560 - -
9/9/1983 Leidenschaftliche Blümchen - $131,396 - -
9/15/1983 Heat and Dust $36,079 $903,037 - -
9/16/1983 Who Dares Wins $750,259 $2,108,197 - -
9/21/1983 Cross Creek $16,551 $205,970 - -
9/30/1983 The Lonely Lady $1,223,220 $1,223,220 - -
9/30/1983 The Honorary Consul $2,208,976 $4,800,000 - -
9/30/1983 Brainstorm $1,196,965 $8,921,050 - $15,000,000
10/7/1983 Rumble Fish $18,985 $2,500,000 - -
10/7/1983 Never Cry Wolf $36,385 $27,668,764 - -
10/21/1983 The Osterman Weekend $301,129 $6,500,000 - -
10/21/1983 The Dead Zone $4,556,083 $20,766,000 - $10,000,000
10/21/1983 The Right Stuff $1,601,167 $21,500,000 - $27,000,000
10/28/1983 The Wicked Lady $360,772 $589,308 - -
11/4/1983 Deal of the Century $3,520,605 $10,400,000 - -
11/10/1983 Star 80 $233,312 $6,472,990 - -
11/18/1983 Yentl $341,768 $39,012,241 - $12,000,000
11/18/1983 A Christmas Story $2,071,473 $19,294,144 - $3,250,000
11/23/1983 Of Unknown Origin $540,446 $1,080,470 - -
11/23/1983 Terms of Endearment $3,498,813 $108,423,489 - -
12/9/1983 Christine $3,408,904 $21,200,000 - -
12/16/1983 D.C. Cab $1,564,530 $16,134,000 - -
12/16/1983 Gorky Park $1,290,754 $15,900,000 - -
12/16/1983 The Keep $1,032,295 $3,661,757 - -
1/20/1984 Scandalous $274,933 $526,805 - -
1/27/1984 The Lonely Guy $2,072,130 $4,800,000 - -
1/27/1984 Slayground $108,128 $108,128 - -
2/3/1984 Weekend Pass $1,451,676 $21,058,033 - -
3/9/1984 The Hotel New Hampshire $1,075,800 $5,142,858 - $7,500,000
3/9/1984 Children of the Corn $2,042,821 $14,600,000 - -
3/30/1984 Misunderstood $916,967 $1,500,000 - -
3/30/1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes $6,517,732 $45,900,000 - -
4/20/1984 Champions $54,262 $200,000 - -
5/4/1984 The Bounty $2,622,306 $8,613,462 - -
5/4/1984 Alphabet City $1,172,292 $7,000,000 - -
5/11/1984 Firestarter $4,726,660 $15,136,870 - -
5/11/1984 The Natural $5,088,381 $47,951,979 - -
5/18/1984 Finders Keepers $865,207 $1,500,000 - -
6/1/1984 Once Upon a Time in America $2,412,014 $5,321,508 - -
6/13/1984 Under the Volcano $31,000 $2,428,653 - -
6/15/1984 Careful, He Might Hear You - - - -
6/22/1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village $1,544,624 $6,139,896 - -
7/20/1984 Die Unendliche Geschichte $4,325,823 $21,300,000 - $27,000,000
7/20/1984 Best Defense $7,872,297 $19,265,302 - -
7/20/1984 The Bostonians - $312,566 - -
8/3/1984 Joy of Sex $1,913,001 $4,463,000 - -
8/3/1984 The Philadelphia Experiment $1,877,000 $8,103,330 - -
8/24/1984 Cal - - - -
8/31/1984 Flashpoint $1,916,222 $3,854,833 - -
9/14/1984 Un amour de Swann - $223,327 - -
9/21/1984 The Evil That Men Do $4,538,400 $13,102,025 - -
9/21/1984 All of Me $5,803,848 $35,243,581 - -
10/19/1984 The Razor's Edge $2,411,311 $6,600,000 - -
10/19/1984 The Little Drummer Girl $2,632,719 $7,828,841 - -
11/16/1984 Un dimanche à la campagne $21,447 $2,153,717 - -
11/16/1984 Razorback $89,331 $138,643 - -
12/14/1984 Dune $6,025,091 $27,447,471 - $45,000,000
12/14/1984 A Passage to India $84,580 $27,187,653 - -
12/14/1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four - $8,368,371 - -
1/25/1985 The Falcon and the Snowman $2,358,846 $17,130,087 - -
2/15/1985 The Mean Season $1,560,131 $4,349,446 - -
2/15/1985 Vision Quest $2,651,665 $13,000,000 - -
3/1/1985 The Aviator - $287,195 - -
3/29/1985 King David $2,212,481 $4,800,000 - -
4/12/1985 Cat's Eye $3,451,191 $9,000,000 - -
4/26/1985 Stick $3,358,299 $6,964,734 - -
5/3/1985 Gymkata $1,261,845 $3,249,442 - -
5/22/1985 Brewster's Millions $9,858,905 $40,800,000 $45,800,000 -
5/31/1985 Sylvia $7,268 $44,234 - -
5/31/1985 Fletch $7,022,970 $46,700,000 - -
6/14/1985 Prizzi's Honor $4,234,537 $26,700,000 - -
6/21/1985 Lifeforce $4,209,136 $11,603,545 - $25,000,000
6/21/1985 Cocoon $7,936,427 $76,257,348 - -
6/28/1985 Red Sonja $284,662 $6,905,861 - $17,900,000
7/24/1985 The Black Cauldron $4,180,110 $21,288,692 - -
7/26/1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman $55,962 $14,582,182 - -
8/16/1985 Volunteers $5,184,360 $19,875,740 - -
8/16/1985 Year of the Dragon $4,039,079 $18,707,466 - -
8/16/1985 The Bride $1,763,277 $3,600,000 - -
8/30/1985 Compromising Positions $3,014,756 $10,600,000 - -
9/6/1985 Joshua Then and Now $17,188 $542,420